*** Honors Candidate ***
*** Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: Despite missing most of the 2011 season
because of an injury, his 31 career starts are the most among all
returning players. The only game he didn’t start in his
32-game career was to allow a senior to start on Senior Day in
2010.

2013: Listed as a starter at left offensive
guard on the preseason depth chart. The Sports Network selected
Forgette as a second team preseason All-America second team
selection. He was also selected to preseason All-America teams
selected by Phil Steele (second team) and College Sports Madness
(third team). Also, he received first team preseason All-Big Sky
accolades from College Sports Madness Preseason and Phil Steele.
Ranked second on the preseason FCS offensive guard rankings as
selected by Josh Buchanan at philsteele.com. He is capable of
playing any of the five offensive line positions, according to
coach Aaron Best.

2012: Earned honorable mention All-America
honors from the College Sports Journal and second team All-Big Sky
accolades. He was also named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic
team. He started all 14 Eastern games at left offensive guard. He
was selected as the team offensive player of the week against Cal
Poly (11/3/12) when EWU finished with a season-high 542 yards of
total offense. He helped EWU rank seventh in the FCS in passing
yards per game (318.9), 14th overall in total offense (442.0) and
17th in scoring (33.7). Forgette did not participate in spring
practices as he continued to recover from a broken fibula suffered
in the 2011 season.

2011: After starting Eastern’s first
three games of the season at left guard, he broke his fibula
against Montana (9/17/11) and missed the rest of the season. He had
surgery on Sept. 30 – one of four Eagles to undergo surgery
in a five-day span. Earned second team preseason All-Big Sky
Conference honors by Phil Steele’s FCS College Football
Preview.

2010: Earned All-Big Sky Conference honorable
mention accolades after starting 14 of 15 games at left guard for
the Eagles. He was also named to the Big Sky Conference
All-Academic team. The only game he didn’t start was versus
Idaho State (11/20/10) to enable a senior to start on Senior Day.
Eastern finished the 2010 season ranked 22nd in the FCS in total
offense (397.1 yards per game), as well as rankings of 26th in
passing (241.0), 49th in rushing (156.1) and 18th in scoring
(31.5).

2009: Redshirted. Was selected as the
team’s offensive scout team player of the week
once.

HS: Graduated from Heritage HS in 2009.
Selected to play in the 4A/3A East-West All-State Game. Earned
first team All-Greater St. Helens League 4A honors as an offensive
lineman. Heritage finished the 2008 season 5-5 after going 7-3 his
junior season when he also earned all-league honors. Earned three
letters in football and twice served as captain. Also an
outstanding wrestler at Heritage, lettering three years and earning
all-league honors three times. As a senior, he earned All-GSHL 4A
first team honors. He won three district titles and advanced to the
State 4A Championships, finishing eighth as a senior in the
285-pound weight class. He placed second at the State 4A Track and
Field Championships in the discus (156-11) as a senior, but his
career-best in that event was 163 feet. He was also eighth in the
javelin (190-7) and earned several all-league honors. He also won a
variety of academic awards as well. His Eagle teammate Ashton Clark
(’09) also attended Heritage.

Personal: Exercise science major. Born 3/31/91
in Portland, Ore. Name is pronounced “for-ghet.”